Undefeated two-time super featherweight world champion Gervonta “Tank” Davis (23-0, 22 KOs) successfully moved up to 135 pounds and won the WBA Lightweight Title with a 12th round knockout of former unified champion Yuriorkis Gamboa (30-3, 18 KOs) Saturday night live on SHOWTIME in front of 14,129 fans from the award-winning State Farm Arena in…
Indefatigable female and male pros Fatuma ‘Iron Fist’ Zarika and Rayton Okwiri alongside Police amateur Shaffi Bakari were no doubt the most decorated Kenyan boxers in 2019. Bakari won a silver medal at the Rabat All African Games following his loss to Botswana’s Mohamed Rajab in the 52kg flyweight final. It was a…
Blockbuster TV contracts and soaring endorsement deals from battling shoe giants Nike and Adidas were a boon to the earnings of the world’s elite athletes over the past decade. Before the decade began, Tiger Woods was the only athlete on the planet to earn more than $80 million during the course of a year. Since…
Africa Games silver medalist Afeez Osoba has won the 2019 Lagos Governor’s Belt. Osoba was adjudged the best boxer on Thursday in the 11th edition of the annual tournament as he defeated Oladimeji Solanke from Ogun State in the pulsating 69kg fight at a packed Molade Okoya-Thomas Sports hall, Teslim Balogun Stadium. The…
Promising Nigerian heavyweight Onoriode “Godzilla” Ehwarieme promises to bounce back in style when he headlines GOtv Boxing Night 20 against Argentina’s Ariel Bracamonte Saturday night at the Tafawa Balewa Square in Lagos, Nigeria. Ewharieme (17-1, 16 KOs) suffered his only career loss when he was kayoed in round one by Mexico’s Rodney Hernandez. …
Gervonta Davis arrived late and overweight Friday for what’s been billed as his lightweight debut. Then the undefeated Davis shoved Yuriorkis Gamboa with two hands and ignited a brawl on the stage at Compound, a nightclub near State Farm Arena, the venue where Davis and Gamboa are scheduled to fight Saturday night. Ordered…
The long-awaited rematch of heavyweight titans is set, as undefeated WBC champion Deontay “The Bronze Bomber” Wilder and unbeaten lineal champion Tyson “The Gypsy King” Fury continue their rivalry in the ring Saturday, Feb. 22 live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas in a historic, joint FOX Sports PPV & ESPN+ PPV.…
Top welterweight Yordenis Ugas will take on Mike Dallas Jr. in a 12-round showdown that headlines FS1 PBC Fight Night and on FOX Deportes Saturday, February 1 from Beau Rivage Resort Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi.
The last thing rising heavyweight Efe Ajagba expected against Iago Kiladze was to be looking up at him from the canvas in the third round. But that’s where he was, somewhat disconnected from his senses, before he regrouped. Two rounds later, Ajagba (12-0, 10 KOs) survived the scare of his young career with a…
Jermell Charlo threw his hands up and walked toward his corner with the words still ringing in his ears, “ … and the new WBC super welterweight champion of the world, Tony Harrison!”